The flowers are blooming throughout Tulare County and so are indoor marijuana grows.

Traditionally, marijuana season is from April to October. As the weather warms up, law enforcement will begin the battle to eradicate illegal indoor and outdoor grows.

This week, officers with Visalia's Narcotics and Special Enforcement units along with Visalia Code Enforcement officers served a search warrant in the 2000 block of East Andrea Court.

During the search, officers contacted two people — 22-year-old Santos Lupian-Radillo and 21-year-old Destiny Lopez. The relationship between the suspects was not released by officers.

While searching the home, officers discovered the suspects had been stealing electricity to power a large indoor marijuana grow operation.

Officers found 118 marijuana plants in various stages of maturity growing in three rooms of the house. A loaded Glock 17 semi-auto handgun and AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a high capacity magazine along with scales and other packing materials were found at the home.

The suspects were booked into the Tulare County Pretrial Facility on the following charges:

Possession of an assault weapon

Possession of an assault weapon during the commission of a crime

Cultivation of more than six marijuana plants

Possession of marijuana for sale

Destruction of evidence

Possession of a large capacity magazine

Utility theft

Lupian-Radillo was also booked for committing a crime while out on bail.

In January, Lupian-Radillo was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance for sale, and possession of controlled substance while armed.

In 2017, narcotics officers made 118 arrests and seized more than 1,900 pounds of marijuana.